EDUCATION: SUBSIDIES TO PUBLIC LIBRARIES (PAPERS RELATING TO DISTRIBUTION OF). [In Continuation of E.-10, 1885.]

Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives, 1886 Session I, E-10

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EDUCATION: SUBSIDIES TO PUBLIC LIBRARIES (PAPERS RELATING TO DISTRIBUTION OF). [In Continuation of E.-10, 1885.]

Presented to both Houses of the General Assembly by Command of His Excellency.

I. —Extbact from the New Zealand Gazette, sth November, 1885. Education Department, Wellington, 4th November, 1885. Notice is hereby given that the sum of £4,000 has been voted by Parliament for distribution to public libraries. The distribution will take place on the Bth February, 1886, and no claim will be entitled to consideration that shall not have been sent in in due form and received by the Secretary for Education, Wellington, on or before the 31st January, 1886. A library to be entitled to a subsidy must be public in the sense of belonging to the public, and of not being under the control of an association, society, or club, whose membership is composed of a section of the community only, and if within a borough it must be open to the public free of charge. The receipts for the year must not have been less than £2, exclusive of moneys received from endowments, or from Government, or from Borough or County Councils, or for special building purposes, or as rent, hire, or consideration for the use of any room, or building, or land belonging to the institution, in respect of none of which will subsidy be allowed. The net proceeds of concerts, lectures, or other entertainments on behalf of the current expenses of the library will be regarded as voluntary contributions. A subsidy will not be given to more than one library in the same town. The income of each library may be stated either for the year ending the 31st December, 1885, or for the year ending with that day in the year 1885 on which the annual accounts of the library were made up. A nominal addition of £25 will bo made to the amount of each library's receipts, and the vote of £4,000 will be divided in proportion to the amounts as thus augmented, but so as that no institution shall receive more than £50. Application to share in the distribution must be by means of a statutory declaration by the Chairman, or Secretary, or Treasurer of the institution on behalf of which it is made ; such declaration shall bo on the form provided for the purpose, and shall be as follows: — Declaeation. I [name], of [place of abode], [occupation], do solemnly and sincerely declare that I am Chairman [or Secretary or Treasurer] of the [name of institution] ; that during the year ending the day of , 1885, the receipts of the aforesaid institution for the maintenance of the library only was as follows: From rates levied by a local governing body under "The Public Libraries Act, 1869," pounds shillings and pence; from the subscriptions of members, pounds shillings and pence; and from voluntary contributions other than members' subscriptions, pounds shillings and pence ; that the information hereinafter furnished by mo in the appendix hereto is correct in every particular; that the abstract of accounts is a truo statement of the receipts and expenditure of the institution for the year herein specified; and that by the rules of the institution admission to the reading-room is open to the public free of charge. And I make this solemn declaration conscientiously believing the same to be true, and by virtue of an Act of the General Assembly of Now Zealand intituled "The Justices of the Peace Act, 1882." |§« (Signature.) * I gV-, Declared at , this day of , 188 , £°a -a before me— Q> 'rl -h1 ° Kg d o Justice of the Peace [or Solicitor, or Notary Public]. [Note. —The words relating to free admission may be struck out if the library is not in a borough. The words in brackets are not part of the form, but indicate matter to be inserted or substituted.] Copies of the form of application may be obtained from the Secretary for Education, Wellington, or the Secretary of any Education Board. Eobeet Stout.

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ll.—Extbact from Ninth Annual Eepobt of the Ministeb of Education. A vote of £4,000 was passed in the session of 1885 for aid to public libraries. Only £3,967 18s. 4dwas available for distribution, the sum of £32 Is. Bd., paid on account of the vote of 1884, but within the financial year 1885-86, being a first charge against the vote of 1885. Six libraries, with an aggregate income of £1,982 15s. 9d., received £50 each instead of the larger sums which would have been due to them had they been allowed a proportional share in the distribution. Three hundred and fifty-two smaller libraries, with an aggregate income stated at £6,468 ss. 9d., had allotted to them by way of subsidy £3,667 18s. 4d. The distribution was calculated while there was some uncertainty as to the accuracy of the accounts submitted by several of the libraries. Further investigation of these accounts has led to a deduction of £20 2s. 9d. from the calculated subsidy, and this sum is lost to the libraries through errors in the accounts of some of them. A further possible loss to the libraries as a whole and a corresponding gain to the Treasury arises from the fact that owing to delays in the clearing-up of disputed questions of account £27 16s. 6d. of the subsidies allotted remained unpaid at the end of the financial year, and therefore could not be paid out of the vote. The part of this liability—£2o Bs. 4d.—that has been paid will be a charge against any new vote in aid of public libraries, and the remainder—£7 Bs. 2d.—which is still under consideration will, if paid at all, be charged in the same way. The subsidies actually paid were distributed among the different education districts as follows :—

TABLE Y.—Public Libraries Subsidy.

The case still under inquiry belongs to the Auckland District, the income of the library being stated at £5 16s. 3d., and the subsidy calculated being £7 Bs. 2d.

lll.—List showing Disteibution of Subsidy in detail. [Note. —The total distribution shown in this list exceeds the total of the statement in the annual report by £7 Bs. 2d. paid to Northcoto library, and £7 18s. Bd. to Chatham Islands library since the date of the report. The case of Northeote was under consideration at the date of the report, and the claim of the Chatham Islands was admitted after the proper time, on the ground of the remoteness of the islands. The total income shown here is greater by £37 10s. 3d. than that shown in the report. This difference includes tho income of the two libraries just named ; it also includes the differences in four cases between the actual income of libraries and the income on winch subsidy was computed in order to correct former overcharges.]

Education District. Number ol Libraries. Income. Amount of Subsidy. Auckland Taranaki Wanganui Wellington Hawko's Bay Marlborough Nelson North Canterbury South Canterbury Westland Grey Otago Southland 87 8 16 17 28 5 27 69 8 8 8 53 23 £ s. d. 1,912 8 7 119 14 0 746 0 3 427 5 0 876 11 0 178 1 2 506 1 5 1,222 0 10 438 10 2 216 16 6 229 6 8 1,128 0 2 357 16 0 £ s. d. 883 5 7 76 17 3 251 2 3 204 18 0 365 0 2 72 17 3 283 19 2 666 15 0 135 7 6 100 4 3 103 4 4 572 11 4 224 5 i Totals 357 8,358 17 9 3,040 7 5

Library. Income. Amount of Subsidy. Auckl. .ND. £ s. d. 7 0 8 7 1 11 8 7 8 15 11 4 50 0 0 10 1 8 7 16 3 21 3 6 8 8 2 11 1 1 7 9 1 11 8 2 8 8 9 7 12 8 6 13 8 6 12 3 6 14 5 6 14 8 7 11 7 6 19 0 7 13 C 9 1.0 6 17 7 7 7 11 Uexandra \rai Vrapohue .. \ratapu .. Auckland (free) Vvondale .. 3ombay .. Cambridge Dargaville Dovonport Driving Creek Epsom Hamilton .. Helensville Henderson's [lobsonville Ilowick Huntly .. Kaeo Kaipara Plats Kaitaia Kaiwaka .. Kamo Katikati .. £ s. d. 4 5 0 4 10 0 9 17 6 39 15 0 596 12 1 16 18 9 7 10 0 03 1 6 9 19 6 20 19 6 6 0 0 22 9 0 10 2 0 6 15 0 2 16 0 2 10 0 2 19 0 3 0 0 6 10 6 3 18 0 4 7 6 2 0 0 3 12 0 5 15 0

Library. Income. Amount of Subsidy. AUCKLAND:ontinued. Kaukapakapa Kawakawa Kihikihi Kumeo Lake Takapuna Lower Matakana .. Lucas Creek Mahurangi Mangapai Mangare Mangawai Matakana Matakohe Maungatapere Maungatawhiri Valley Maungaturoto Mercury Bay Miranda Mongonui.. Mount Roskill Newmarket Ngaruawahia Northcote Ohinemuri £ s. d. 8 8 0 37 4 0 24 5 0 2 0 0 4 2 6 2 10 0 2 2 0 16 7 6 6 12 6 2 5 0 2 17 6 4 17 6 6 10 0 17 5 9 2 12 6 5 11 3 85 6 7 6 15 0 6 5 2 2 15 0 30 12 6 8 9 6 5 16 3 9 2 6 £ s. d. 8 0 7 14 19 1 11 16 0 6 9 10 7 0 1 6 12 3 6 10 4 9 18 11 7 12 1 6 11 1 6 14 1 7 3 8 7 11 6 10 3 4 6 12 10 7 7 0 26 10 7 7 12 8 7 10 4 6 13 5 13 7 5 8 0 11 7 8 2

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Library. Income. Amount of Subsidy. Auckland—c •.ontinued. £ s. d. 7 2 6 7 12 6 41 7 6 36 10 0 6 0 0 6 5 0 4 10 0 13 19 6 5 2 6 7 0 0 11 0 0 2 12 0 16 13 0 3 4 4 16 13 6 5 2 0 14 0 0 7 0 6 32 1 0 2 15 8 65 13 6 50 14 0 13 9 4 80 3 2 128 2 5 9 15 0 9 2 0 3 15 0 20 6 0 2 10 0 7 2 6 4 10 0 4 2 6 40 0 6 6 10 12 13 6 7 15 6 17 1 6 28 16 10 3 19 Okaihau .. .. Omaha Onehunga Opotiki Otahuhu .. Pahi Pakuranga Papakura Paparoa Parua Paterangi Pokeno Valley Port Albert Pukekohe East Raglan Rodney Ruatangata Russell Tairua Tauhoa Tauranga To Aroha To Awamutu To Kopuru Thames .. Tokatea Totara Tuhikaramea Turua .. .. Upper Waiwera Wade .. .. .'. Waikiekie Wainui Waipu Wairangi "Wairoa South Waiuku Whakatano Whangarei Whitford .. £ s. a. 7 14 5 7 16 10 15 19 2 14 15 8 7 9 1 7 10 4 7 1 10 9 7 5 7 4 11 7 13 10 8 13 1 6 12 10 10 0 3 6 15 8 10 0 5 7 4 9 9 7 8 7 13 11 13 14 4 6 13 7 21 16 0 18 4 0 9 4 11 25 5 8 36 16 4 8 7 0 8 3 11 6 18 3 10 17 10 6 12 3 7 14 5 7 1 10 7 0 1 15 12 8 7 9 4 9 12 7 17 7 10 2 4 12 18 10 6 15 2 Total .. 1,918 4 10 890 13 9 Taban.KI. Huirangi Lepperton Manaia New Plymouth Oakura Omata Stratford Waitara 2 15 0 3 5 6 25 0 0 50 12 6 3 2 0 3 15 0 10 0 0 15 3 6 6 13 5 6 16 0 12 0 5 19 12 6 6 15 3 6 18 3 8 8 3 9 13 2 Total .. 119 14 0 76 17 3 Wanga: Clifton .. Feilding Pordell .. Poxton Hawera Kakaramea Makino Road Marton Otaki Palmerston North Patea Sanson Turakina Upper Tutaenui Wanganui Waverley :ui. 25 13 9 61 12 2 13 18 8 31 5 6 18 10 6 14 16 6 7 3 0 00 0 1 20 8 6 96 5 1 49 15 0 2 10 0 42 3 3 8 10 0 284 15 3 8 19 0 12 3 9 20 16 5 9 7 2 13 10 7 10 9 3 9 11 6 7 14 7 20 8 9 10 18 5 29 3 0 17 19 5 6 12 3 16 3 0 8 10 50 0 0 8 3 2 Total .. 746 6 3 251 2 3 Wellinc HON. Carterton Peatherston Hutt Kaiwaiwai Karori Makara Mangawhero Masterton 44 17 6 33 12 11 13 5 0 13 8 0 3 10 2 2 10 0 38 5 o 123 1 8 16 16 0 14 2 0 9 3 11 9 4 7 6 17 1 6 12 3 15 4 2 35 12 1

Library. Income. Amount of Subsidy. Wellington:ontinued. £ s. d. 9 10 0 3 15 0 43 0 6 8 15 0 8 0 0 22 14 3 11 15 0 2 0 0 46 0 6 Ohariu Valley Pahautanui Petone Tenui and Castlepoint Uriti Upper Hutt Waihenga Wainuiomata Wairarapa Institute £ s. d. 8 5 10 6 18 3 16 7 1 8 2 3 7 15 0 11 9 5 8 16 8 6 9 10 17 1 7 Total 428 0 6 204 18 0 Hawke's Danevirko Eskdale Eraser Town Glenross Hampden.. Hastings Havclock Kaikora Kumeroa Makaretu Maraekakaho Mohaka Napier Norsewood Ongaonga Patangata Patutahi Petane Takapau Tamumu Taradale .. Te Arai Tomoana Turanganui Waipawa Waipukurau Wairoa Woodville Bat. 11 12 0 10 0 0 5 0 0 27 14 11 14 12 6 95 7 6 5 17 6 23 12 0 5 5 0 2 10 0 15 5 0 33 14 6 237 15 8 9 5 4 17 7 5 7 0 0 7 10 6 9 3 6 18 0 0 7 15 0 23 8 0 6 10 0 41 12 10 105 5 10 84 0 6 23 5 0 29 18 6 9 14 0 5 3 4 8 8 3 7 4 3 12 13 8 9 10 6 28 18 10 7 8 6 11 13 8 7 5 6 6 12 3 9 13 7 14 2 4 50 0 0 8 4 9 10 3 9 7 13 10 7 10 4 8 4 4 10 6 9 7 17 5 11 12 9 7 11 6 16 0 5 31 6 6 26 4 3 11 12 0 13 4 1 8 0 10 Total .. 888 3 0 365 0 Mablboe iough. 123 14 2 8 10 0 21 12 0 18 13 0 5 12 0 Blenheim Canvastown Havclock Pieton Renwick 35 15 1 8 10 11 4 1 10 9 11 7 7 2 Total .. 178 1 2 72 17 Nelsi IS. Charleston Clifton .. Clifton Terrace Donniston Dovedale Eighty-eight Valley Pern Town Pox Hill .. Hampden Karamea Lower Moutere Lower Takaka Motueka Nelson Institute Pangatotara Reefton Richmond Riwaka Sarau Stanley Brook Stoke Tadmor Valley Takaka East Waimangaroa Waimea South Waimea West Westport .. 50 2 0 4 14 0 8 0 0 42 16 9 4 3 0 2 8 0 4 10 0 4 14 0 19 18 6 3 2 6 4 10 0 8 3 0 20 17 6 125 18 0 2 16 6 52 2 0 15 0 0 9 0 0 3 6 3 5 12 0 3 18 6 5 17 6 5 13 36 1 0 13 11 2 2 18 0 47 0 0 18 1 1 7 2 10 7 18 8 16 6 3 7 0 2 6 11 9 7 1 10 7 2 10 10 16 0 6 15 3 7 1 10 7 19 i 11 0 7 36 5 7 C 13 10 18 10 8 9 12 4 8 3 5 6 16 2 7 7 2 6 19 1 7 8 6 7 4 7 14 13 7 9 5 5 6 14 2 17 6 3 Total 506 1 5 283 19 2

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Library. Income. Amount of Subsidy. Nobth Can :ebuey. £ s. d. 40 12 6 2 13 6 34 17 6 3 4 0 3 17 6 7 2 3 6 16 4 8 0 0 8 12 6 356 13 6 12 2 6 6 5 0 24 14 0 22 3 0 4 14 0 2 18 6 11 3 6 7 15 0 2 17 6 6 6 0 2 3 0 2 17 0 6 17 6 34 19 6 7 4 10 55 1 6 3 11 6 2 4 0 6 9 0 14 18 6 10 2 0 6 14 6 10 7 0 17 9 9 8 0 6 5 12 6 2 0 0 62 8 0 25 6 3 2 3 6 8 3 0 3 0 0 8 7 6 13 5 0 24 19 2 11 5 6 6 15 0 10 15 6 40 13 6 14 12 6 45 7 6 2 2 6 3 0 3 30 4 9 6 10 6 37 10 6 10 5 0 5 0 0 5 7 6 10 2 6 6 19 0 3 17 0 8 10 6 17 0 0 6 18 6 6 5 0 4 9 6 2 16 9 4 19 0 7 12 0 Akaroa Alford Forest Ashburton Ashley Barry's Bay Brookside Carleton Chatham Islands Chertsoy Christchurch Courtenay Cust Dunsandel Duvauchelle's East Malvern Ellesmere.. Eyreton Flaxton Gebbio's Valley Glentunnel Halkett .. Harewood Road Hororata .. Kaiapoi Kaiapoi Maori Pa .. Kaikoura Killinchy Kimberley Kirweo Kowai Bush Lakeside Lo Bon's Bay Leeston Leithficld Lincoln Loburn Loburn North Lower Heathcote Lyttelton Mount Grey Downs Mount Somers New Brighton North Kowai Okain's Oxford £ s. d. 15 15 7 5 19 9 14 7 11 6 15 7 6 18 10 7 14 5 7 13 0 7 18 8 8 18 50 0 0 8 18 6 7 10 4 11 19 0 11 6 9 7 2 10 0 14 4 8 13 11 7 17 5 6 14 1 7 10 0 6 10 7 6 14 1 7 13 4 14 8 4 7 15 0 19 5 0 6 17 5 6 10 10 7 11 3 9 12 0 8 8 9 7 12 7 8 9 11 10 4 4 7 18 9 7 7 3 6 9 10 21 0 3 12 1 11 6 10 8 7 19 4 6 14 8 8 0 5 9 3 11 12 0 3 8 14 5 7 12 8 8 12 0 17 .4 8 9 10 6 16 IS 5 6 10 5 6 14 9 13 5 7 7 11 7 15 0 8 8 9 6 7 4 3 7 6 1 8 8 10 7 13 7 6 18 9 8 12 10 1 11 7 13 0 7 10 4 7 19 6 13 11 7 4 0 7 16 8 Papanui Pigeon Bay Prebbleton Rangiora .. Ricearton Richmond Russell's Plat Saltwater Creek Southbridgo Southbrook South Rakaia Sproydon Springston St. Albans Sumner Tai Tapu Templcton View Hill Waimakariri (Upper) Wainui Waikari Waterton West Eyreton West Melton Woodcnd Total 1,232 14 4 674 13 8 South Can: Fairlie Creek Geraldine Pleasant Point St. Andrew's Temuka Timaru Upper Pareora Waimate .EBBUBY. 9 17 4 52 9 7 33 6 0 14 2 0 45 3 3 258 8 0 6 5 0 18 19 0 8 7 7 18 12 6 14 0 4 9 8 0 16 17 5 50 0 0 7 10 4 10 11 4 Total 438 10 2 135 7 6

Library. Income. Amount of Subsidy. Gbe_ Ahaura Brunnorton Cobdon Dunganvillo Groymouth Nelson Creek No Town Orwell Creek £ s. d. 34 12 11 33 6 0 4 3 0 13 4 0 93 5 0 28 0 0 17 15 9 5 0 0 £ s. d. 14 6 9 14 0 4 7 0 2 9 3 8 28 8 7 12 14 10 10 5 9 7 4 3 Total .. 229 6 8 103 4 4 WESTLi .ND. Big Dam Callaghan's Goldsborough Kumara .. Rimu Ross Stafford .. Westland Institute, Hokitika 10 0 0 4 15 0 15 10 0 32 16 0 22 2 6 16 12 6 24 14 0 90 6 6 8 8 3 7 3 1 . 9 14 9 13 17 11 11 6 7 10 0 2 11 19 0 27 14 6 Total .. 216 16 6 . 100 4 3 Otagi i. Anderson's Bay Awamoko Balclutha Bannockbum Blueskin Brighton Cavcrsham Clyde Cromwell Duntroon Groytown Hamilton's Hampden Heriot Higholiffe Hyde Kaitangata Kakanui Kyoburn Diggings Lawrence Manuherikia Merton Milton Mornington Mosgiel Naseby Ngapara North-cast Harbour North Taieri Oamaru Ophir Otepopo Outram Papakaio Peninsula Port Chalmers Portobello Pukouri Ricearton Roslyn Roxburgh Stirling Tapanui Tearieraki.. Waihola Gorge Waikoikoi Waikouaiti Waitahuna Waitepeka. Waiwera Walton and Fairfield Wangaloa.. Warepa 3 17 0 2 17 6 39 18 3 10 17 0 3 10 6 9 0 4 0 0 22 0 0 49 9 0 5 9 0 14 13 10 4 3 6 2 15 0 7 14 6 12 14 9 2 7 6 30 3 6 8 13 0 12 18 0 66 9 6 , 37 5 0 3 10 0 58 12 6 11 17 6 33 5 0 • 35 16 8 6 10 0 2 10 14 0 0 248 11 3 8 17 6 6 16 6 14 14 0 11 10 0 2 11 0 93 18 0 4 10 0 15 10 2 11 12 0 22 18 0 21 0 0 46 1 0 53 19 9 7 0 6 10 10 0 3 14 0 10 10 0 8 2 6 3 0 6 7 16 0 3 0 0 5 2 0 2 0 0 6 18 9 6 14 1 15 12 2 8 12 4 6 14 11 7 11 3 0 19 6 11 6 0 17 18 0 7 6 5 9 10 10 7 0 4 6 13 5 7 17 4 9 15 6 11 8 13 5 1 4 12 2 9 2 3 21 19 11 14 19 4 6 17 1 20 2 1 8 17 3 14 0 1 14 12 6 7 11 6 6 10 1 9 7 6 50 0 0 8 2 10 7 13 1 9 10 11 8 15 6 6 12 6 28 11 8 7 1 10 9 14 9 8 15 11 11 10 4 11 1 2 17 1 8 18 19 9 7 13 11 8 10 8 6 18 0 8 10 8 7 19 3 0 14 9 7 17 8 6 14 8 7 4 9 6 9 10 Total 1,136 13 2 572 11 4

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[Approximate Cost of Paper. —Preparation, nil; printing (1,500 copies), £3 6s. od.]

Authority: Geobge Didsbuey, Government Printer, Wellington.—lBB6.

Library. Income. Amount of Subsidy. Southl. _ND. £ s. d. 24 16 6 12 14 0 4 9 6 5 2 6 6 2 6 12 15 6 3 12 0 2 18 0 19 5 0 6 15 0 6 3 0 63 7 6 16 18 6 .rrow Athenaeum .. lalcium lardrona latlin's River (Owaka) )ipton Sdendalo 'lint's Bush "ortrose lore _napdale jimehills jumsden .. )ban I '.'■ £ s. d. 11 19 7 9 13 7 19 7 4 11 7 9 8 9 17 6 17 6 6 14 2 10 12 10 7 12 8 7 9 10 21 5 0 10 1 7

Library. Income. Amount of Subsidy. Southland— -.ontinued. £ s. d. 15 3 0 27 10 0 5 10 0 11 8 0 51 7 10 28 13 8 16 0 0 4 15 0 5 8 0 7 0 6 Orepuki .. Otautau .. Pembroke.. Pukerau .. Queenstown Riverton .. Skipper's .. Wallace Town Winton Woodlands; £ s. d. 9 13 2 12 12 5 7 6 8 8 15 0 18 7 4 12 18 1 9 17 2 7 3 1 7 6 2 7 13 11 Total 357 16 0 224 5 4